As long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes resilience and the refusal to succumb to despair as long as one is alive and capable of thought and will.
In this quote, Jules Verne expresses the idea that as long as a person is alive, with their heart beating and their body functioning, they should not allow themselves to fall into despair. This reflects a belief in the strength of the human spirit and the power of one’s will to overcome difficulties, suggesting that life itself, with all its challenges, is worth fighting against despair. The act of nurturing hope and resilience is portrayed as a fundamental aspect of our existence.
In practice
This quote could be used during a motivational speech to inspire people facing tough times.
Travel enables us to enrich our lives with new experiences, to enjoy and to be educated, to learn respect for foreign cultures, to establish friendships, and above all to contribute to international cooperation and peace throughout the world.
It is always a vulgar and often an unhealthy pastime, and it is a vice which does not go alone; the man who gambles will find himself capable of any evil.
Nothing can astound an American. It has often been asserted that the word 'impossible' is not a French one. People have evidently been deceived by the dictionary. In America, all is easy, all is simple; and as for mechanical difficulties, they are overcome before they arise.
However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always to remember that a man's life is worth more than the mere satisfaction of his own pride. In any case, to be obstinate is blameable, and to be wilful is dangerous.
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Nothing is more dreadful than private duels in America. The two adversaries attack each other like wild beasts. Then it is that they might well covet those wonderful properties of the Indians of the prairies - their quick intelligence, their ingenious cunning, their scent of the enemy.
Violence against women is learned. Each of us must examine - and change - the way in which our own behavior might contribute to, enable, ignore or excuse all such forms of violence. I promise to do so, and to invite other me and allies to do the same.
A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.
Sometimes it seem like to tell the truth today is to run the risk of being killed. But if I fall, I'll fall five feet four inches forward in the fight for freedom. I'm not backing off.
Although the power is lacking, the will is commendable.
Being FEARLESS isn't being 100% Not FEARFUL, it's being terrified but you jump anyway.
There are few things more liberating in this life than having your worst fear realized.
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